Electrode



Nov. 11, 1952 c. STRONG 2;6l7,421

' ELECTRODE Filed Sept. 12, 1951 //vv/v TOR= Camus Z0 Vi 859mm PatentedNov. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application September 12,1951, Serial No. 246,220 In Great Britain November 1, 1949 1 Claim.

This invention relates to apparatus for carrying out electro-therapeutictreatments, and has for its chief object to provide a device which willfacilitate the treatment of injuries, rheumatism and other ailments byrhythmic muscular contractions in horses, the treatment being carriedout by faradic currents. In electro-therapeutic treatments, such asthose referred to above, it is necessary, of course, to complete thecircuit for the faradic current. It is usual to use an applicator whichis carried in the operators hand and moved about from place to place asrequired in order to carry out the desired treatment. In treating humanbeings, one electrode is strapped to, or held in place by the weight of,the body so that the circuit is completed through the body. The presentinvention is concerned with the fixed electrode, as distinct from theapplicator, of such a system, and has for its chief object to provide asimple and very effective construction of the same for use in thetreatment of horses.

The device according to the present invention is similar to a normalrugging roller for horses, but is characterised by the presence on theinside of the same of a mail or chain mail electrode adapted to extenddown on either side of the horses spine, a plug or socket being carriedon the outside, whereby a readily detachable electric connection may bemade to the mail or chain mail, and a sheet of waterproof material beinginterposed between the mail or chain mail and the material of theroller.

Conveniently, the mail or chain mail electrodes on the two sides of thehorses spine are separate from one another and are individuallyconnected to the contacts of a plug or socket on the outside of thedevice.

In order that this invention may be the more clearly understood andreadily carried into effeet, reference may be made to the accompanyingdrawings, which illustrate by way of example one convenient embodimentof the present invention, and in which:

Figure 1 is a transverse section through the complete device.

Figure 2 is an underplan of the upper part of the device showing thechain mail electrodes, and

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the same.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, the device for carrying outelectro-therapeutic treatments on horses therein illustrated i similarto the usual rugging roller for use on horses which normally comprisesan upper canvas part H], which may be, say, eight inches wide, padded onthe inside with padding II to lie on either side of the horses spine(not shown). According to the present invention the upper canvas part Iis provided with two straps I2 on each side adapted to be buckled tobuckles 13 on the girth canvas M which is provided with loop 15 toreceive the free ends of the straps l2. The inside of the upper part iscovered to within, say, three inches of its ends but right up to theedges at the sides with waterproof material l6. Arranged inside thewaterproof material It and at the upper part thereof are two sheets ofmail or chain mail I! which are adapted, when the device is in use, toextend, say, six and a half inches down on either side of the horsesspine. The two mail or chain mail electrodes I! are preferably separatefrom one another, as shown, and are individually connected to thecontacts of a plug or socket IS on the top of the upper canvas part [2above the horses spine. The desired electrical connection to the mail orchain mail electrodes I1 is made to the said plug or socket l8 by meansof an appropriate lead, the two electrodes being, of course,electrically connected together.

The device according to the present invention is just as simple to puton a horse as an ordinary rugging roller, and is very eifective incarrying out electro-therapeutic treatments of the kind above set forth,the plug and socket connection to the mail or chain mail electrodes onthe horses back rendering it a very simple matter to detach the leadimmediately so as to leave the horse free if this should be necessaryfor any purpose.

I claim:

A device for carrying out electro-therapeutic treatments of injuries,rheumatism and other ailments by rhythmic muscular contractions inhorses, comprising a sheet of flexible material, such as canvas, adaptedto lie over the horses spine, strap means for strapping said sheet offlexible material about the horses body, at least one sheet ofwaterproof material covering substantially the whole of the insidesurface of said flexible material and secured thereto, at least one mailor chain-mail electrode attached to the inside of the device, paddingbetween said waterproof material and said flexible material on eitherside of the mid-central line of the device to press said mail orchain-mail electrode into firm contact with the horses body on eitherside of the spine when the device is in use, and a readily detachableconnection on the outside of said sheet of flexible materialelectrically connected to said mail or chain-mail electrode.

CHARLES LOVE STRONG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,498,059 Tyler June 17, 1924FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 706,582 France Mar. 31, 1931

